Roundtree v. Smith
Supreme Court of the United States
IN ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OP THE UNITED STATES ■ FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF WISCONSIN. Action to recover moneys paid out and expended by the plaintiffs below to the use of the defendant below.
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IN ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OP THE UNITED STATES ■ FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF WISCONSIN. Action to recover moneys paid out and expended by the plaintiffs below to the use of the defendant below. The second count in the complaint set forth: “ That the said plaintiffs during the time hereinafter mentioned were and are copartners in business in the city of Chicago and State of Illinois under the name and style of Smith & Lightner, and engaged in purchasing and vending.grain, pork and lard, and transacting a general commission business as commission merchants. “ That on or about the second day…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Miller
Smith and Lightner, plaintiffs in the circuit court, recovered against Roundtree, plaintiff in error, a judgment for $5,614.46 for services rendered and money advanced by them, as brokers and members of the Board of Trade of Chicago, for Roundtree at his request.
The case was tried before a jury, the parties being the principal, if not the only witnesses, and their testimony, with some correspondence by letters and telegrams, was all the evidence.
The record presents but two questions necessary tobe decided.
It was alleged by the defendant that on the 11th of March, 1879, he had notified the…
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